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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Internal model

Article R352-21

At least once a year, insurance and reinsurance undertakings shall examine the origins and causes of the profits and losses recorded by each of their major operating units. They shall demonstrate to t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to reinsurance undertakings.

Article R321-25

The general representative of branches of undertakings referred to in 3° of III of Article L. 310-1-1 duly established in France must be vested by the undertaking concerned with sufficient powers to b…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General procedural rules

Article R331-25

I.-The approval referred to in article L. 331-30 and the second paragraph of article L. 331-33 is granted by the Minister for Culture for a period of five years to associations that meet the following…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Compensation for damage and settlement of disputes

Article R623-25

Difficulties that arise during the implementation of the judgment on liability are, pursuant to article L. 623-19, submitted to the "juge de la mise en état" before the expiry of the time limit set fo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Multiannual regional plan for risk management and healthcare system efficiency

Article R1434-25

The Director General of the Regional Health Agency is informed by the representative appointed by the Director General of the National Union of Health Insurance Funds mentioned inarticle L. 182-2-1-1…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Renewal of the contract.

Article L1243-13-1

In the absence of a stipulation in the agreement or branch agreement concluded in application ofarticle L. 1243-13, the fixed-term employment contract may be renewed twice for a fixed term.The duratio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Continuation of the business during the observation period.

Article R631-25

The decision by which the court terminates the proceedings pursuant to Article L. 631-16 is followed without delay by an end-of-assignment report filed by the judicial representatives under the condit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-13-2

Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 26-6 of Law No 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the Statute for a Cooperative Society, the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution is competent t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common rules

Article R519-25

The terms or level of remuneration received by bank and payment services intermediaries for their intermediation activity and the way in which bank and payment services intermediaries remunerate their…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes I

Article Annexe I-3 (art. R122-4)

This annex does not include any provisions.

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